Environs

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  • noun plural. A surrounding area, especially of a city.
  • noun plural. Surroundings; environment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Places lying circumjacent; surrounding parts or localities: as, the environs of a city or town.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs.
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  • noun. The surroundings; the environment.
  • verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of environ.
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  • noun. the area in which something exists or lives
  • noun. an outer adjacent area of any place
    • Word Usage
    "The goal of the environs is to force people to use fewer fossil fuels."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    geographic area  geographic region  geographical area  geographical region  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sirens  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    P & L  countryside  islet  neighbourhood  outskirts  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    airspace  alentours  ambience  ambit  approach  
    verb-stem
    environ  
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